JP2014519070A5

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Publication number: JP2014519070A5
Application number: JP2014501154A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2012-03-16
Publication date: 2015-04-30

Claims

A method for enabling search of a document corpus,
Displaying a graphical user interface having two or more partitions, each indicating a query state;
Generating semantic terms based on at least a portion of the search string in response to receiving the search string;
In response to receiving a search string, generating an initial search query, wherein the query word of the initial search query includes one or more of the semantic terms, and the initial search query is a database Used to retrieve and return a set of electronic documents to display, and
The position of the selected query word in the graphical user interface associated with the movement of the selected query word in response to the movement of the selected query word from the first partition to the second partition in the graphical user interface Generating a modified search query based on the computer, and
The movement of the selected query word from the first partition to the second partition in the graphical user interface changes the query state of the selected query word from a first query state to a second query state. And then
Searching the database using the modified search query to return and display the updated set of electronic documents;
A method characterized by that.

The method further comprises the step of formatting and displaying the query word entered in the graphical user interface in a status display format based on the location of the query word in the graphical user interface indicating a corresponding query status. The method according to claim 1.

The query terms in the first section of the graphical user interface have a first status display format associated with the query terms;
The method of claim 2, wherein query terms in the second section of the graphical user interface have a second status display format associated with the query terms.

The method of claim 2, wherein the status display format is a font color, a font size, a font format, an icon, or a combination thereof.

The method of claim 1, wherein the query state includes an operator state, a relevance state, a relationship state, or a combination thereof.

The method of claim 5, wherein the operator state is one of an "and" operator, an "or" operator, an "and not" operator, and an ignore operator.

The method of claim 6, wherein individual sections of the graphical user interface correspond to individual operator states.

The method of claim 6, wherein the relevance state of the query word is based on the location of the query word within a section of the graphical user interface.

One or more of the compartments includes a first region and a second region;
Query terms in the first region are assigned a first relevance weight, and query terms in the second region are assigned a first relevance weight in the first search query or a subsequent modified search query. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein two relevance weights are assigned.

By moving the selected query word from the first area to the second area, the relevance weight of the selected query word changes from the first relevance weight to the second relevance weight. The method of claim 9.

The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of the partitions further comprises additional regions having additional relevance weights.

In response to the first selected query term being placed proximate to the second selected query term,
Displaying an or group box including the first selected query terms and the second selected query terms;
The modified search query includes a Boolean “or” operator between the first selected query word and the second selected query word, the modified search query being the computer. The step of generating by
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Searching the database using the modified search query and displaying visual instructions indicating operation of the query creation workspace before returning and displaying the updated set of electronic documents;
Displaying the updated set of electronic documents after searching the database using the modified search query and returning and displaying the updated set of electronic documents;
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

A method that enables the generation of a search query to search a database,
Presenting a search string field requesting submission of the search string;
Presenting a search start icon, wherein selecting the search start icon starts a first search query based on at least a portion of the search string;
Presenting a query expansion workspace that includes a plurality of partitions, each partition corresponding to a query state;
In response to selection of the search start icon,
(a) generating semantic terms based on at least a portion of the search string;
(b) generating the first search query based on at least a portion of the semantic terms;
(c) searching the database using the initial search query to return a set of electronic documents;
Steps that enable
Reading the semantic terms in a selection of the query expansion workspace according to the query state of the semantic terms;
In response to movement of a selected semantic term from a first section to a second section in the query expansion workspace, the section in the query expansion workspace that is associated with the movement of the semantic term Generating a modified search query by a computer based on the position of the selected semantic term, wherein the movement of the selected semantic term is such that the query state of the selected semantic term is first; Changing the query state from the second query status to the second query status;
Searching the database using the modified search query to return and display an updated set of electronic documents;
Presenting a search results panel graphically showing the set of electronic documents returned and / or the set of updated electronic documents;
Including methods.

Further comprising formatting semantic terms in the query expansion workspace, the semantic terms in the first section of the query expansion workspace having a first status display format associated with the semantic terms. ,
Semantic terms in the second section of the query expansion workspace have a second status display format associated with the semantic terms.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

The query state includes an operator status, a related status, a relation status, or a combination thereof,
The operator status is “and” operator, “or” operator, “and not” operator, and invalid operator,
Individual sections of the graphical user interface correspond to individual operator status,
The associated status of the semantic terms is based on the location of the semantic terms within the query expansion workspace partition.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

In response to placing the second semantic term in a position proximate to the first semantic term,
Generating a relation box that includes the first semantic term and the second semantic term;
Generating the modified search query to include an operator between the first semantic term and the second semantic term;
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

A system for enabling search of a document corpus,
Comprising a computer device including a non-transitory memory element storing an executable instruction set, the executable instruction set comprising:
In response to receiving the search string, generating semantic terms based at least in part on the search string;
In response to receiving a search string, generating an initial search query based at least in part on the semantic terms, wherein the query term of the initial search query includes one or more semantic terms ,
Starting a database search using the initial search query and returning a set of electronic documents;
Displaying a graphical user interface having two or more partitions, each partition indicating a query state including an operator status, an associated status, a relation status, or a combination thereof;
Loading the semantic terms into the compartment of the graphical user interface based on the query state of the semantic terms in the initial search query;
In response to movement of a selected semantic term from a first compartment to a second compartment in the graphical user interface, the selected semantic in the graphical user interface associated with the movement of the semantic term Generate a modified search query based on the location of the term, and move the selected semantic term from the first compartment to the second compartment in the graphical user interface. Changing the term query state from a first query state to a second query state;
Initiating an updated search of the database using the modified search query and returning and displaying the updated set of electronic documents;
A system for causing the computer apparatus to perform the following.

In the computer device,
Generating a relation box that includes the first semantic term and the second semantic term;
Generating the modified search query to include an operator between the first semantic term and the second semantic term;
The system of claim 18, further comprising:

A method for enabling search of a document corpus,
Displaying a graphical user interface having two or more partitions, each partition of the graphical user interface indicating a query state;
Generating semantic terms based on at least a portion of the search string in response to receiving the search string;
In response to receiving a search string, generating an initial search query, wherein the query word of the initial search query includes one or more of the semantic terms, and the initial search query is a database Searching for and returning and displaying the set of electronic documents; and
In response to dragging a selected query word from the first pane of the graphical user interface and dropping the query word into a second pane, the accompanying query word drag / drop Generating a modified search query by a computer based on the location of the selected query term in a graphical user interface, the selection from a first section to a second section of the graphical user interface; Dragging / dropping the selected query word includes changing the query state of the selected query word from a first query state to a second query state;
Searching the database using the modified search query to return and display an updated set of electronic documents;
Including methods.